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ttniih trtea JOSEPH LE ROY, OF MARATHON., NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 109,636, dated November 29, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT lN FIFTH-WHEELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and maldng part of the same.

To all whom, zt may concern Bc it known that I, JOSEPH Ln ROY, of Marat-hon, in the county of Cortland and State of New York, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Fifth-Wheels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofl the construction and opera-tion of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification and to,thev letters and. figures of reference marked thereon.

' Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of my device in longitudinal verticalsection, and

Figure 2 is a plan viewcf the same.

The nature of my invention consists in thc con-- struction of an iron platform for wagons, as will be hereinafter'tully set forth.

In order to-enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing A A represent the side bars, 'connected at their rear ends by a short bar, B, with several holes for the attachment of the reach.

Their front ends are held a suitable distance apart, forming a V-shaped frame, by means of another bar, C, placed a convenient dist-ance in rear of the front ends.

i The centers of the bars C and B are connected byanother bar, D, and on top of the frame thus formed is placed the ifth-wheel E.

G G are draft-shackles, through which passes the curved rod b. l

Under the barsvA, O, and D, run `other 'stay-rods,-

a, c, and d, respectively.

Ilhis platform is simply yet substantially constructed What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf A11 iron platform or frame for wagons, composed of the bars. A, B, C, and D, stay-rods a, b, c, and d,

draft-shackles G G, and with ouwithout the fifthwheel E, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above Lhrive'hert` unto subscribed my name inthe presence ot' two ,wit-

nesses. l

JOSEPHl LE ROY.

Witnesses:

JAMns LIVINGSTON, FRANCIS LIVINGSTON. 

